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Chapter 407
"General, are you serious?" Zu Dashou's general asked in surprise.

"Everyone has his own aspirations. If anyone is unwilling to follow me, he can stand up. I will never make things difficult for him." Zu Dashou said.

"..." The dozen or so important officers and generals present were a little hesitant.

Among these generals of the Ming army, two or three officers who were loyal to the imperial court stood up quite nervously.

"General, we eat the king's salary, and we should be loyal to the king. I hope you can understand." The two or three Ming army officers said.

"Since you choose to do this, then I will make it possible for you, come and take them down!" Zu Dashou called his own soldiers to capture these people.

"Didn't you say you won't embarrass us?" The two or three Ming army officers tried to break free, but Zu Dashou had more than 20 soldiers who came to restrain them. Hold down.

"If I don't kill you, I won't embarrass you. If you don't leave Guo and surrender, then Yizi will eat each other. You will either eat people or be eaten." Zu Dashou said coldly, "The remaining people are very important to us. There shouldn’t be any objection to joining the Liao Army, right?”

"Follow the general's order!" Seeing such a scene, how could the rest of the Ming army officers dare to say nothing?
"Okay, since that's the case, let's put up a white flag at the top of the city, and let my son go to negotiate with the Liao army." Zu Dashou said.

The white flag was raised on the wall of Dalinghe Fort, which had been besieged by the Liao army for a long time, which surprised the soldiers of the Liao army outside the city, and the news quickly spread to the officers of the [-]th Infantry Brigade.

"The order we accepted was to besiege Dalinghe Fort and delay the Ningyuan defense line. But why did Zu Dashou surrender? This makes it very difficult for us. Do you want to accept his surrender?" Official Xu Shi was a little surprised.

"Zu Dashou's surrender is a terrible blow to the Ningyuan defense line. Others will think that since they have learned from the past, they will not be blamed by the scholar-bureaucrats and the people alone for their surrender. Maybe this is a A major breakthrough." The staff officer of the Seventh Brigade said.

"You're right, let's go and accept Zu Dashou's surrender right now? If we were able to take down the Dalinghe Fort, our Seventh Brigade has contributed a lot in this strategic operation, and everyone will be able to get promoted and make a fortune in the future. "Xu Shixi said.

"Wait a minute, we should not immediately respond to the other party's request to surrender, but should wait for them for a while, and we should take advantage of this period of time to report to the military headquarters, I believe the military leader will think this is good news." The staff officer said.

Zu Kefa obeyed Zu Dashou's words and came to the Liao army with a letter alone.He was left in the army by members of the Seventh Infantry Brigade, and the members of the Fuliao Army did not immediately agree, which made him quite depressed.

"You Fu Liao Army people at least gave you a letter of approval. Why did you not agree to surrender and keep me?" Zu Kefa said to the soldiers guarding him.

"Now it's up to us to decide whether to accept you or not. Do you know that the initiative is in our hands?" The soldiers of the Liao Army were not polite at all.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the [-]th Brigade, the [-] soldiers and civilians trapped in the Daling River Fort had little ability. The reason why they failed to capture the Daling River Fort was not that the [-]th Infantry Brigade could not do it, but because the higher-ups did not allow them to attack immediately. It's all about capturing Dalinghe Fort.

Zu Kefa was deflated and unhappy, but he was obviously put under house arrest by the Liao army, and the Liao army seemed to be considering whether to accept Dalinghe Fort.

The airs of the Liao army are too big.Zu Kefa thought.

Zu Dashou stood on the top of the Dalinghe Fort, seeing that there was no movement of the Liao Army under the city, he felt a little uneasy.Some armies do not allow the defenders to surrender. This mainly depends on whether the generals on the attacking side are bloodthirsty.

"General, why have we all raised the white flag, but the Liao army has not moved at all? Could it be that they are unwilling to accept surrender?" asked the general following Zu Dashou who was determined to surrender.

"Don't be impatient, our food can still last for a few days. If the Liao army is still unwilling to accept us after the food is exhausted, then we will break through the siege overnight. Even if we lose troops and lose generals, don't stay in the city People eat people." Zu Dashou said.

When Zu Dashou and others were negotiating with the [-]th Infantry Brigade, the messengers of the [-]th Infantry Brigade arrived at Xining Fort, and the telegram from Xining Fort quickly reached Chu Yun.

Jinzhou city guard Zu Dashou wants to surrender?When Chu Yun received the news, he ordered the sender to ask the [-]th Infantry Brigade to take over Zu Dashou's Ming army without thinking.

The Ming army in Dalinghe Fort has about 4000 people, and there are several thousand merchants and handymen. Leaving aside the combat effectiveness, the newly acquired [-] labor force can effectively supplement the labor gap outside the customs.

Of course, the significance of accepting Zu Dashou's surrender is to open Ningyuan's line of defense.

"After Jinzhou defender Zu Dashou surrendered, it is estimated that the entire Ming Empire will be shaken, especially the commanders of the Ningyuan defense line will also be shaken. It is time for us to find someone to talk to Yuan Chonghuan, Wu Xiang, He Kegang and others "Chu Yun said to Aila of the intelligence department, "Recently, the forces around us have either been pacified or attached to us. The main personnel of the intelligence department have entered the pass or are active in the Ningyuan area. I believe they should be able to get in touch with these generals?"

"Well, we sent a group of spies to infiltrate the Ming army in Ningyuan three years ago, and now we can get in touch with the high-level generals of the Ming army. I'm just afraid that some of the generals in the Ming army are extremely stubborn. Once our people are exposed If you don’t have your identity, you will be killed.” Ella replied, “For example, He Kegang, who succeeded Zu Dashou to guard Jinzhou City, is extremely stubborn.”

"It also makes sense, then contact those who are inclined to join us first, and the rest of the frontier generals will wait until Li Zicheng arrives before recruiting them. On one side are the Liaodong generals, and on the other side are the rogues. I believe they will make a wise choice Yes." Chu Yun said.

Chu Yun's decision was quickly returned to Xu Shi, the brigade officer of the [-]th Infantry Brigade, and of course Chu Yun's award was also attached.For the officers of the Ministry of War, the commendation from the military leader is a very high honor, and it also means that this year's assessment is stable.

Zu Dashou, who was trapped in Dalinghe Fort, also breathed a sigh of relief.Because after waiting for two days, the Liao Army finally sent Zu Kefa back and was willing to accept Zu Dashou's surrender.However, the Ming army in the city had to lay down their weapons and go out of the city to surrender to the Liao army.

Zu Dashou felt aggrieved.I didn't expect the Liao Army to be so difficult to enter. If it was the era of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, and I heard that I was willing to lead more than ten thousand Ming troops to surrender, they would have to treat each other with the courtesy of a national scholar, but the Liao Army really didn't take it seriously.

(End of this chapter)